| Name | CVE-2017-8294 |
| Description | libyara/re.c in the regex component in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted rule that is mishandled in the yr_re_exec function. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 861590 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| yara (PTS) | jessie | 3.1.0-2+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 3.5.0+dfsg-9 | vulnerable |
| buster | 3.9.0-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.0.5-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.2.3-4 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.5.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| yara | source | (unstable) | 3.6.0+dfsg-1 | | | 861590 |
Notes
[stretch] - yara <ignored> (Minor issue, too intrusive to backport)
[jessie] - yara <ignored> (Minor issue, too intrusive to backport)
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/issues/646
https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara/commit/83d799804648c2a0895d40a19835d9b757c6fa4e